Lead Design Engineer
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Summary
About the Role
About You
- 5+ years working in design systems, design engineering, or highly technical product design roles within complex SaaS environments.
- Proven track record building, scaling, or modernizing a design system in close partnership with Engineering.
- Strong fluency in frontend fundamentals, including component architecture, semantic HTML, modern CSS practices, responsive systems, and accessibility standards (WCAG).
- Demonstrated design craft judgment and ability to define and uphold system-level UX quality.
- Experience contributing production-grade frontend code to component libraries or shared UI frameworks.
- Experience building internal developer tooling, automated validation systems, or CI/CD-integrated quality checks.
- Experience leading accessibility audits or driving measurable accessibility improvements at scale.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation that may include equity.
- Retirement and Employee Stock Purchase Plans.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability.
- Family services that include fertility benefits and equal paid parental leave.
- Professional development supported by formal career pathing, learning platforms, and a yearly learning stipend.
- A curated in-office employee experience designed to foster community and innovation.
- Opportunities to give back to your community, including an annual company-wide Volunteer Week and donation matching.
Braze is the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging.™ Braze allows any marketer to collect and take action on any amount of data from any source, so they can creatively engage with customers in real time, across channels from one platform. From cross-channel messaging and journey orchestration to Al-powered experimentation and optimization, Braze enables companies to build and maintain absolutely engaging relationships with their customers that foster growth and loyalty. The company has been recognized as a 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Companies to Work For, 2024 Best Small & Medium Workplaces in Europe by Great Place to Work®, 2024 Fortune Best Workplaces for Women™ by Great Place to Work® and was named a Leader by Gartner® in the 2024 Magic Quadrant™ for Multichannel Marketing Hubs and a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Email Marketing Service Providers, Q3 2024. Braze is headquartered in New York with 15 offices across AMER, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC. Learn more at braze.com.